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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219110 ; 219 8641 ;
Abstract
A spot welding apparatus having a pressing axis to which a mechanical impedance control device is provided. The mechanical impedance control device includes a welding condition instruction device, a pressing axis control device, and a mechanical impedance calculation device. A method for controlling the spot welding apparatus, wherein for welding relatively thin plates, the mechanical impedance is controlled to be low, and for welding relatively thick plates, the mechanical impedance is controlled to be high.